Written by

Kevin Murphy
for Oshkosh Northwestern Media

An Oshkosh man who served eight years of a 102-year sentence after being falsely convicted of sexual assault is seeking $25,000 from the state, the maximum awarded innocent former inmates.

When Joseph Frey left the Winnebago County Jail in July 2013, he was broke, homeless, in need of medication for a degenerative bone disease and other health issues, and did not qualify for the help the state offers convicted felons.

Frey, 54, was convicted in 1994 of sexually assaulting a female University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh student despite a lack of physical evidence tying him to the crime or the victim ...